lantern slide

• Historischer Begriff für ein fotografisches Dia, das in einem Laterna-magica-Projektor vorgeführt wurde; heute weitgehend durch digitale Projektion ersetzt.

A historical term for a photographic slide used in a magic lantern projector to display images, now largely replaced by digital projection methods.

1. Historical projection mediumC2formal

   A transparent glass plate with an image, used in a magic lantern to project pictures onto a screen.

   Historisches Projektionsmedium

   • The museum displayed a collection of 19th-century lantern slides.
   • Lecturers used lantern slides to illustrate their talks before the invention of film.
   • He carefully cleaned the old lantern slide before projecting it.